Silent. He has made his mind up, it is the end of h52 To Manchester. This is what the pm was saying 2a hours ago. What manchester. This is what the pm was saying 24 hours ago. Was saying 24 hours ago. What i wanted it is was saying 24 hours ago. What i wanted it is the was saying 24 hours ago. What i wanted it is the right was saying 24 hours ago. What i wanted it is the right decision i wanted it is the right decision for the country. This is an enormous amount of peoples money, taxpayer money, everybody watching, billions of pounds, we should not be rushed into things like that was what people want from me is to take time to go over it properly and make sure you make the the right long term decision. This right longterm decision. This is what hs2 right longterm decision. This is what hs2 was right long term decision. This is what hsz was hoping to is what hs2 was hoping to change, the existing rail the north of england. What was envisaged, cleaning trains running a brand new lines bu
Brighter with a few showers and it is still going to be worn this weekend. Its wednesday the 4th of october. After weeks of speculation, the Prime Minister is expected to use his leaders speech at the conservative Party Conference to confirm that hes scrapping the second leg of h52 from birmingham to manchester. Labours andy burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, accused the government of treating people in the north as Second Class Citizens, while the West Midlands mayor andy street, a conservative, was said to be distraught. Our Political Correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports from the conference in manchester. Pushing his way through the late night conference crowds, rishi sunak, relaxed and smiling. He has, it seems, made his mind up. Its the end of h52 to manchester. This was what the pm was saying 2a hours ago. What i want to do is make the right decision for the country. This is an enormous amount of peoples money, taxpayers money, everybody watching, billions and billions